Lovely motor mate, I still think they're one of the best looking cars on the road. I think a clean engine bay is very important, something I always look for, I wouldn't buy a car with a dirty engine bay.
Oh I see, mine's a 1997 'R' reg and 'check' is illuminated at start-up till everything is ok'd. It will only display 'brakelight' or anything else if there's a fault. Very useful it is too!